Package of sanitary or toilet paper.



No; 634,459. Patented Oct. 10, I899.

J. T. HOYT.

PACKAGE 0F SANITARY 0B TO-ILET PAPER.

(Application filed May 31 1898.) (No Model.) I

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JAMES T. HOYT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PACKAGE OF SANITARY OR TOILET PAPER.

SIZEC IFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 634,459, dated October 10, 1899.

Application filed May 31,1898. Serial No. 682,167. (No model.)

10 60% whom i2; may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES T. HOYT, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Packages of Sanitary or Toilet Paper, of which the following is a specification.

By means of this invention a package of sanitary or toilet paper is obtained, which package is readily prepared and also adapted to be readily packedor shipped and readily applied for consumption or use, as set forth in the following specification and] claims and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the pack. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation'o'f a modification. Fig. 4 is a front elevation of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 shows another modification.

The package or series of leaves is shown at 4.. This pack at may have the leaves of the ordinary quadrangular or rectangular shape; but if desired to adapt the pack to use in a specially-constructed case such pack can be provided with one or more bevel cuts or configurations 14: to correspond to a case having a corresponding bevel arrangement or shape. Such arrangement may be found of advantage when it is desired to prevent the case being supplied indiscriminately with paper. The cut or cuts 14: are made at suitable points-as, for example, at opposite corners of the leading edge of the sheets. By leading edge is meant the edge which is in ad- Vance as each sheet is drawn or ripped off the pack.

The pack is provided with a fastener, shown in Fig. 1 as comprising a wire 15 16 15, and a bar or metal strip 17. This bar 1'7 can be practically made of metal sufficiently rigid not to bend or yield when holding or supporting merely the weight of the pack, but flexible enough for the free or projecting end or ends of the bar to be temporarily bent to lie against a face of the pack, as seen in full lines in Fig. 1. The pack is then in condition to be compactly stored or shipped. By bending out or straightening bar 17, as indicated by broken lines in Fig. 1, said bar is adapted to be suitably supported or held in a properlyconstructed cabinet, and the fastening or holding wire 15 16 15 is supported by bar17, so that the part 15 16 keeps the tops of the pack-sheets from separating or spreading. As the sheets advance or move toward the part 16 by the forward sheets being succes sively consumed or drawn off said wire part 16 or its sharpened or edge portion 16 tends to cut or rip through the forward or leading sheet, so that such forward sheet is readily taken off the pile or pack, or the wire 15 could be made thin enough to readily cut the paper.

The cutting-section 16 is readily formed by flattening a portion of the wire and cans ing the sharp or thin edge of this flattened section to face upward or toward bar 17, so that a leading sheet being drawn in a direction away from the bar will readily cut itself clear at the edge or forward part 16. The feeding or slide of the sheets forward or toward the cutter 16 can' be facilitated by supportv ing the pack or bar 17 at a suitable incline.

A plate or backing 20-;such as a metal, cardboard, or wood stripcan be applied to the rear of the pack if seen fit.

In place of wire 15 the fastener can be formed of sheet metal, as seen at 15", Fig.8, said fastener 15 also having a cutting-section 16", arranged to cut or clear the leading sheet or sheets. For compact storing or shipping this fastener 15 can also be temporarily bent against a face of the pack at, as seen in Figs. 3 2111(14.

The wire 15 in Fig. 1 is shownscmewhat thin; but if made sufficiently thick or rigid,

as shown by the wire 15, Fig. 5, of pack 1',

such wire 15' when straightened can be made to support or hold the pack without the aid of bar 17. To prevent wire 15 from turning so that the sharp edge of the cutter 16 will not come out of 'proper or effective position, the fastener 15 can have a holder, such as a bend or shoulder 30, which being inserted into a suitable slot or seat in the case, as readily understood, will hold or fix the wire 15 so that the cutting edge of 16 will be kept facing toward that edge of the pack or sheets which is to be cut through by the removal of the sheet from the'pack or fastener. The body of the fastener15being dull or rounded does not tend to cut the leaves.

The cutting edges 16, 16, and 16 all project laterally from the body of the wire on which they are formed and serve not only as a means by which the sheets may be separately severed and withdrawn upon the application of power, but as stops. for limiting the forward or feeding movement of the sheets. Furthermore, as they project laterally from the wire, a shearing out upon the paper is effected when the sheets are withdrawn.

The pack is adapted to be inserted in a cabinet; but I do not herein claim anything set forth in my United States patent applications Serial No. 672,452, filed March 3, 1898, and Serial No. 678,517, filed April 22, 1898, both for a cabinet or paper-case, nor in United States Patent No. 588,066, granted on my application August 10, 1897.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A pack or series of leaves superposed one upon another, in combination with a rod or wire extending through leaves and provided with a cutting portion, the ends of said wire projecting beyond the inner and outer leaves of'the pack, bent down thereon for holding the pack intact during shipment, and adapted to be bent outwardly when in use, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A pack or series of leaves superposed one upon another, in combination with a rod or wire inserted in said leaves near one end thereof, said rod or wire being supported at an angle and provided near one of its extremities with a sharpened portion which projects beyond the line of the body of said rod, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. A pack or series of leaves superposed one upon another, in combination with a rod or wire inserted lengthwise in said leaves near one end thereof and provided at one end with a sharpened cutting portion which projects laterally beyond the line of the body of said wire, said rod or wire projecting at its extremities beyond the leaves and capable of being bent against the end leaves for shipment, substantially as described.

4. A pack or series of leaves superposed one upon another, in combination with a rod or wire extending through said leaves, bent downwardly at its ends toward the faces of the opposite leaves and thence extending up over the top of the pack, and a bar or strip extending across the top of said leaves and having its ends bent downward into the loops formed at the ends of said wire, the bent ends of said wire and strip being adapted to fold outwardly, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A pack or series of leaves superposed one upon another, in combination with a rod or wire extending through said leaves, formed with a cutting edge at one point and bent downwardly at its ends toward the faces of the opposite leaves, and thence extending up over the top of the pack, and a bar or strip extending across the top of said leaves and having its ends bent downward into the loops formed at the ends of said wires, the bent ends of said wire and strip being adapted to fold outwardly, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. 7

JAMES 'l. lIOY'l.

'Witnesses:

WM. (1. IIAUFF, E. F. KASTENI-IUBEl-t. 

